Australian Embassy
Indonesia
Address: Jalan H.R. Rasuna Said Kav C 15-16, Jakarta Selatan - Telephone: 2550 5555 - Fax: 2550 5467

Australia Indonesia Governance Research Partnership

Policy Research Forum

Monday 3 December 2007: Tenun Room, Four Seasons Hotel, Jakarta

8:00-8:50 PRESS CONFERENCE & MEDIA BRIEFING
9:00-9:20 WELCOME
Andrew MacIntyre, Australian National University
The Honourable Mari Pangestu, Minister of Trade
His Excellency Bill Farmer, Australian Ambassador
9:20-10:00 PANEL 1: DECENTRALISATION AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE
Mark Turner, University of Canberra
Amir Imbaruddin, STIA-LAN
Improving human resource management under regional autonomy
Greg Fealy, Australian National University
Luthfi Makhasin, University of Sudirman
Exploring the relationship between sharia, Islamic politics and local capital
John Minnery, University of Queensland
Jawoto Setyoko, University of Diponegoro
Metropolitan governance in Brisbane and Semarang
Hadar Gumay, CETRO
Stephen Sherlock, CDI
Improving electoral administration in Indonesia
10:00-10.40 PANEL 2: STATE INSTITUTIONS AND CAPACITY BUILDING
Adrianus Meliala, University of Indonesia
Richard Robison, Murdoch University
Ian Wilson, Murdoch University
Regulating the informal security sector in Indonesia
Kate Collier, University of Technology Sydney
Ali Rokhman, University of Sudirman
Effecting cultural change in government agencies
Simon Butt, Asian Law Group
Firmansyah Arifin, KRHN
Judicial responses to corruption in Indonesia
Charles Sampford, Griffith University
I Ketut Putra Erawan, Gadjah Mada University
Assessing Indonesia’s national integrity system
10:40-11:00 MORNING TEA
11:00-11:40 PANEL 3: GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND ECONOMIC GOVERNANCE
Asep Suryahadi, SMERU Research Institute
Charles Sampford, Griffith University
Fine tuning allocation of the Specific Allocation Fund
Dionisius Nardjoko, CSIS
Hal Hill, Australian National University
Trends in Indonesian industrialisation after the crisis
Sherif Mohamed, Griffith University
Andreas Wibowo, Ministry of Public Works
Analysing public-private partnerships in the water sector
Budy Resosudarmo, Australian National Uni
Catur Sugiyanto, Gadjah Mada University
Small and medium enterprise recovery after the Yogyakarta earthquake
11:40-12:20 PANEL 4: SOCIAL CAPITAL, CIVIL SOCIETY AND LOCAL POLICY
Richard Chauvel, University of Victoria
Vidhyantika Perkasa, CSIS
Identifying root causes of weak local governance in Papua
Edward Aspinall, Australian National University
Otto Syamsuddin Ishak, The Aceh Institute
Civil society organisations and law making in Aceh
Nunung Nuryartono, IPB
Pataporn Sukontamarn, University of Adelaide
Religious organisations and social capital in Indonesia
Michele Ford, University of Sydney
Surya Tjandra, University of Atma Jaya
Union and labour NGO strategies since decentralisation
12:20-12:30 CLOSING REMARKS
12:30-14:00 LUNCH